Sentence examples for instance of mistaken from inspiring English sources

But in a curious instance of mistaken middle-fingered intent, Officer Insogna suggested in a deposition that he saw the finger as a potential call for help and followed the car because he thought Mr. Swartz "was trying to get my attention for some reason" and because he "wanted to assure the safety of the passengers".

The colonel and his entourage, amused at this instance of mistaken identity, let him talk.

Mr. Puello has denied any connection to the Salvadoran case and called it an instance of mistaken identity.

Like Richard, Rigoletto is the cause of the death of a child under his protection, although in his case the murder is a horrible instance of mistaken identity.

Seeing this fox causes a token of "X" and one would like to say that this is an instance of mistaking a fox for a dog, hence a false tokening.

The United States Supreme Court warned in a 1967 case against "the vagaries of eyewitness identification," arguing that "the annals of criminal law are rife with instances of mistaken identification".

Lt. Matt Murray, a spokesman for the Denver Police Department, said that some of these more "egregious" instances of mistaken identity do occur, but only in a small minority of cases.

The production moves with such involving momentum that even its notoriously grisly coups de théâtre (severed hand and waxwork corpses) and far-fetched instances of mistaken identity seem not only feasible but also natural in this world of perfumed pestilence and intrigue.

One of the most famous instances of mistaken identity occurred in 1988.

We have disconcerting instances of mistaken identity from the secret rendition program.

More than one case of mistaken identity in Afghanistan was unravelled this weekend, in each instance with consequences that are dangerous and sad.